adelaide – Page 14 – Real Climate Records

Jan 13

EXTREME HEAT. 6 Jan 1906. 113 deg F = 45 Celsius. “ADELAIDE, Friday. To-day was the fourth consecutive day that the temperature has exceeded 100 degrees.”

EXTREME HEAT. (1906, January 6). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954), p. 8 (DAILY.). Retrieved January 13, 2021, from […]

Dec 15

GEOLOGICAL AN ICE AGE IN AUSTRALIA. 13 Apr 1895. It is still more startling to be told that Southern Australia, with its present semi-tropical heat, has also had, and in no insignificant degree, its glacial experiences.

GEOLOGICAL. AN ICE AGE IN AUSTRALIA. (1895, April 13). Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 – 1904), p. 34. Retrieved December […]

Nov 24

Forgotten: Historic hot temperatures recorded with detail and care in Adelaide

https://joannenova.com.au/2014/01/forgotten-historic-hot-temperatures-recorded-with-detail-and-care-in-adelaide/ What I found most interesting about this was the skill, dedication and length of meteorological data taken in the […]

Nov 23

Expert Believes Our Weather Is Changing 19 Apr 1954. Australian summers, Mr. Deacon says, are becoming wetter and somewhat cooler, and the winters drier than they were around about the turn of the century.

Expert Believes Our Weather Is Changing (1954, April 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. […]

Oct 24

OCTOBER HEAT. All Records Beaten. 23 Oct 1922. 105 deg F = 40.55 Celsius. ‘Never before in the meteorological history of the State— and that goes back for 65 years— has there been so hot a day in the month of October as was experienced on Saturday.’

OCTOBER HEAT. (1922, October 23). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929), p. 6. Retrieved October 24, 2020, from […]

Oct 13

OCTOBER HEAT Soaring Temperatures 23 Oct 1914

OCTOBER HEAT (1914, October 23). The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 – 1922), p. 1 (4 O’CLOCK WAR […]

Jun 15

Outsiders weather and ice age watch: Temperatures around the world continue to plunge

June snow on Lake Tahoe used to be once every ten years, now every two and a half years. Ice […]

Jun 12

Heat Waves Fri Feb 8 1929. 120deg. F = 48.8 Celsius. Birds fell dead from the trees

Heat Waves (1929, February 8). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 8 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved June 12, 2020, […]

May 02

Yesterdays post was a May heatwave 102 years ago. Today it’s snowing in the mountains. Just don’t get caught there having fun, or Dan will need some revenue from you.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=victoria+snow But you are not to go there because Dan thinks he doesn’t need to go skiing. I challenge you […]

May 01

THE MAY HEAT WAVE. ALL RECORDS BROKEN. 11 May 1918. “The month opened with 77.8, and the consecutive maximum shade readings following were 81.7, 83.2, 86.0, 81.4, 83.3, 83.5; average, 82.4. (28 Celsius)The average for May is 65 deg. (18.3 Celsius)”

THE MAY HEAT WAVE. (1918, May 11). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 12. Retrieved May 1, 2020, […]